What is 'LSE'? | Freetrade Dictionary

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

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Free Trade

The other free trade. International trade in which countries allow goods to flow across their borders without imposing import or export taxes.

52-week high/low

The highest, or lowest, price a share has traded at in a passing year.

Venture Capital

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.

NASDAQ

A US stock exchange specialising in the shares of technology companies.

Accrued interest

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt

OEIC

Unique to the UK, these funds pool together money to invest from multiple investors.

American Depository Receipt (ADRs)

Tradeable assets that let Americans invest in overseas stocks using US laws and dollars.

Investment Trust

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.

Account balance

The amount of money a user has stored in a financial repository.

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